New Deal Faces Spending Cuts Amid Bonus and Farm Relief
Washington reports fiscal pressure from the bonus program, farm relief, and other outlays driving a search for cuts. President Roosevelt convened agency heads to identify unspent funds, while senators and representatives debate inflation measures and the push to fund the bonus in new currency.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Barbour
New Jersey
Congress
Burns
Rep
Patman
Texas
Capitol Hill
House Rules Committee
Higher Taxes Plan Aims at Rich and Inherited Wealth
President Roosevelt proposes new taxes to fund farm relief and the bonus program. Measures include higher income levies on the well to do, federal inheritance taxes, and retroactive excess profits taxes on processors. The plan seeks about 1 billion dollars in new revenue for farm aid, old AAA liabilities, and bonus payments, with a focus on soaking the rich and lowering consumer prices.
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Rodney Dutcher
Washington
Roosevelt
American Liberty League
AAA
Bigger Role in Events
King Carol of Romania said younger European monarchs will play a more active role in continental affairs in an exclusive interview with United Press. He lauded King Edward VIII, praised the Balkan situation, and expressed hope of visiting the United States. He spoke of Edward IX’s judged powers and character shaped by travels and contact with diverse peoples.
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Edward G. de Pury
United Press
Paris
U.P
Carol Pny
Romania
Europe
Carol
Balkan
Edward VIII
Great Britain
United States
London
George
Edward
British Empire
Pekin Merchants to Open for Business Despite Strike
Pekin Illinois February 6 1919 merchants in Pekin plan to reopen at 8 A M tomorrow in defiance of a general business holiday called by strikers. John Patterson secretary of the Pekin Association of Commerce said 200 retailers agreed to resume after shutting at 3 P M Wednesday. Deputies with shotguns to furnish protection face a tense city amid rationing and a third day of labor unrest at the American Distilling Company plant.
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PEKIN
John Patterson
Pekin Association of Commerce
Patterson
American Distilling Company
Harry Donahue
The
Trades and Labor Assembly
Monall
Farmers Rescue Effort for Terrified Mountain Dog
Six farmers drilled up Tuscarora Mountain to free a terrier trapped in a 50 foot rock cleft for two weeks. The dog whined in a narrow cavern while workers widened the crevice with snow and ice as food and water were fed down. The dog’s outlook was perilous with exhaustion and cold.
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Ickesburg
Tuscarora Mountain
Jeff Sheaffer
Landisburg
Roy Dewalt
Dewalt
Seagrams chief apologizes to Roosevelt over ad likeness
H J Peffer, president of Seagrams Distillers, said he sent a letter of apology to President Roosevelt after readers mistook a pictured man in an advertisement for the president. Officials cancelled the ad in 400 papers after the mix up, with 100 papers already running it Tuesday.
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New York
H. J. Peffer
Seagrams Distillers Corporation
Roosevelt
David M. Devies
Amarillo Fair Tonight and Cool Friday Outlook
Forecast calls for fair conditions in Amarillo with a low near 14 degrees. Partly cloudy skies continue Friday with a drop in temperatures.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Roaring Fight on Farm Plan Leads GOP Backers
Congress repeals three AAA auxiliaries the Bankhead Cotton Act the Smith Kerr Tobacco Act and the Potato Control Act and passes a substitute farm bill. The measure now goes to the White House for Roosevelt's approval as debate shifts to a new soil conservation and crop control framework.
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Washington
Congress
AAA
Smith-Kerr
Senate
House
White House
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Senate Agriculture Committee
Freighter Unnan Maru Declared Lost Off Japan
San Francisco February 6. The Japanese freighter Unnan Maru was given up for lost after a violent storm off Japan thwarted rescue attempts. Two other vessels, including the Isushima Maru, were reported as disabled in heavy seas while the Dollar liner President Garfield relayed distress signals about the Eg lantine of Houston in tow.
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San Francisco
U.P
Japan
Globe
Dollar
Garfield
Sykes Steamship Co
Eglantine
Houston
Tex
More Cold Is Due Fascist Party Pushes Itself
Italian Fascists foresee further militarization to handle internal tensions if a European war arises. Only minor military activity reported as a British officer on frontier duty along the Kenya-Ethiopia border is noted, with few other details.
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Charles E. Harper
Associated Press
Rome
Italy
Kenya
Ethiopia
Miners Face Potential Split Amid AFL Tension
The Globe reports Arthur Brisbane's column argues national issues while Mr Green of the AFL warns miners not to fracture the federation. Miners leader Lewis retorts to Green, signaling a looming union split as calls for unity clash with mounting friction. Cold wave devastates Midwest and Canada, causing deaths, travel paralysis, fuel shortages, and rail closures.
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Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Brisbane
Mr. Green
American Federation of Laborhead
Mr. Lewis
Value 12 Babies At Half Million in Toronto Race
In Toronto on February 6 Mrs. Matthew Kenny declared she leads a ten year baby producing race by birth of her 12th child since October 31, 1926, valued at 500000 per dozen. She planned naming the infant Charles Vance Millar Kenny, but the child died minutes after birth.
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Toronto
Matthew Kenny
Kenney
Jap Boats Off Alaska Acting for Military Purpose
Rep. Sirovich charged Japanese fishing vessels off Alaska are conducting military work. He said they sound depths photograph coasts and map bases for aircraft and submarines, with aim to seize Alaska for food and raids in war.
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Alaska
Solon
Washington
Rep
Sirovich
Democrat
New York
House
Merchant Marine Committee
New Yorker
Japan
Aleutida Islands
United States
Monterrey Business Shut Down Over Labor Impasse
In Monterrey Mexico the city’s commerce remains at a standstill for a second day amid a dispute over alleged Communist activity. Employers demand removal of Teofilo Martinez Perez, head of the board of conciliation and arbitration, and seek Gov. San Morales Sanchez’s action while authorities pursue an end to the impasse.
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Monterrey
Teofilo Martinez Perez
Board of Conciliation and Arbitration
Center
Martinez Perez
San Morales Sanchez
No Will Found in Huey Long Estate Search in New Orleans
A Civil District Court petition by Mrs. Huey P. Long's attorney, Charles J. Rivet, reports no will found after searches of bank lock boxes. Rivet intends to seek executorship for Mrs. Long, with inventory to be filed. Louisiana law would grant the widow half of the community property and the other half to the three Long children.
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New Orleans
Civil District Court
Charles J. Rivet
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Self
Senator Long
Mosley Free on Bond After Forgery Charge
J. W. Mosley was released on a $1,500 bond after being arrested on a Monte Vista Colorado fugitive warrant for forgery of a $40 check. Bond was set by Justice Charlie Carder.
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J. W. Mosley
Monte Vista
Colo
Charlie Carder
Government could build 17 warships yearly at $47 million
Interstate Commerce Commission told the Senate Munitions Committee that government owned shipyards could produce 17 warships a year and most munitions at a cost of 47 167 296 dollars. The study compares state versus private munition production as nationalization debates rise.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate Munitions Committee
Commerce Commission
Commerce
J. P. Morgan & Co
Thomas W. Lamont
Morgan
Charles H. Spencer
F. W. Amadon
Mine Workers Vote to Widen Jurisdiction
The United Mine Workers voted to extend their jurisdiction to coal processing plants, potentially triggering a clash with craft unions. Observers expect a fight between John L. Lewis and AFL craft leaders over miners' expanded organizing reach.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
A. F
L. Craft Union
Secretary Swanson In Navy Hospital
The Navy Department announced Secretary Swanson is confined to the Navy Hospital for treatment of a broken rib from a fall at his home last night. He slipped in the bathroom and struck a chair. the hospital said he is resting comfortably today.
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Washington
Navy Department
Swanson
Navy Hospital
Naval
Hamlin Jurors Still Deadlocked in Hamlin Murder Trial
Jurors in the George Hamlin case remain divided six to six with no verdict by week's end anticipated. Judge Reese Tatum may continue the deadlock as the fourth week begins. trial costs approach $4,000, funded largely by Potter County after venue change.
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Farwell
George Hamlin
A. C. White
Reese Tatum
Palmer County
Hamlin
Amarillo
Irene Hare
Tatum
Jimmie Witherspoon
Potter County
Mother of Girl in Sterilization Case Leaves Hotel
Maryon Cooper Hewitt, mother of Ann Cooper Hewitt, disappears from a San Francisco hotel amid a mayhem case over sterilization. Authorities report conflicting hotel and New York police notices, while Hewitt’s New Jersey attorney says she has not fled the country. Co-defendants Dr. Samuel Boyd and Dr. Tilton Tillman posted bonds as the $500 900 suit proceeds. the trio are accused in a decades old action following the August 1934 operation.
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San Francisco
Maryon Cooper Hewitt
Ann Cooper Hewitt
New York
George Engler
Hewitt
Samuel G. Boyd
Tilton E. Tillman
Hall of Justice
Dr. Boyd
Miss Hewitt
Tillman
Mary Scally
Peter Cooper Hewitt
Mrs. Hewitt
Ickes Calls United Action to Save Natural Resources
Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes urged a united conservation movement at the North American Wildlife Conference. He backed a bill to create a department of conservation and criticized predatory interests depleting oil forests soil game and water. Delegates formed a general wildlife federation and elected Jay N Darling as acting president. Interim regional directors were named, including William J. Tucker for Texas Louisiana.
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Washington
Secretary of Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Wild Life Conference
Ickes
Congress
Department of Conservation
National Park Service
Wildlife Conference
Roosevelt
General Wildlife Federation
Jay N. (Ding) Darling
Biological Survey
William J. Tucker
Austin
Oklahoma
Texas
Louisiana
Crying Need For More Rental Ads
Globe-News readers rely on Want Ads to find homes apartments and rooms for rent and a serious vacancy shortage is noted. The paper urges those with vacancies to place a Want Ad immediately to help renters locate listings and to call 6262 to start tomorrow.
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Globe-News
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